Show I Q Ll FROM TO I ILl TO ro SYDNEY YD Sn fU TOJ Good heavens Sid Sd d I did not know iou ou were to make mak such lIuch sucha ucha a terrible hondy-dc hondy ho dy-dl dy over such II a little thing as n o 0 a II baby baby and lie III 1 la Is such a II corker too I would be b damned glad clad If It I were not maruo J to say I was the father In reality as I am sin by adoption adoption tion of ot John Alden Prescott I Junior But Dut then hen s sou ou se set ace 1 I have I L alie alieto to think of ot lou ou ou speak of or ruining th the tho liTO lives lot of t ta t-no t o 0 girls E Ba Paula Paula- who I ild to be b getting two hundred I thousand dollars dollar a 8 ear ar In moving Is li not ruined so no anyone any one oncan I can notice It just at lit present and Leslie Ii la 19 not unhappy Y From what ou rIte ante writ me m I rath gath- gath- gath rather andI I cr er Paula la is I tweeter sweeter than ever vr Sh She would bj ba bato to be going some to bo be sweeter she ah vas ae when I knew her hr I Ian Isn I nt t It strange c Sad cd d that In this day and age df women omen are ar overturn overturn- overturnIng Ins log Ing all the th old la laws lasis s all aU the th old rules nil all the old traditions According to the creed cred of ot our I ourI mothers and fathers I should hould be beI beth I th on one ng down two hundred thousand dollars a YeAr and poor little Paula Mould be walking the streets In all aU kinds It of trouble Instead J I e a em m to be b the th one that just Juat steps out of If one on scrape in III time tim to get ft into another hile she from all ali accounts Is the th most feted young oman In all aU Holly Holly- Hollywood Hollywood wood Ho Hoe cr e eer er iou ou can sn toll tell her for tor torme forme torme me that I r don t entirely take tale stock In that beautiful story she h told of ot gh Ing tho th baby to Leslie for tOr or the sake of ot saving Leslie Ij Il i s life I think th there rE was 11 wn a little litti feel teel- tel Inc the Ing In It that as ae a long lone as 83 Bhe ahe h thought the th bihy belonged to me met mIt it t was waa up to me m to take tak care car ot of It 1 that hat a s n Ui r hrc herc noi not there thereat lit at the th moment Ie 1 I e got little John and I air an- going to phim ke-phim l ep him Leslie Lt ll adores adoro him even when she thinks think he h Is yours your Sometimes Sometime I think I would al- al almost almost mo al-mo most t si elcome Pauta aula stirring up a aI atu fuss s because I t am not happy keep keep- keepIng keeping k Int ep-Int Ing all aU from Leslie Leall In Indeed Jee I my nere nerses ner 09 are ar 80 so o on e ego AtO go lately that I haven t been R a a charmIng In- In IndIvIdual individual In Individual to Iho liao with In tact fact I have hae come corn to the th conclusion that Leslie Is l altogether TOO good rood for tor torI forI form I m ins I SheI She Bhe he Is away from nr nie now She has gone eone to bid her father tather and mother goodbr They are ar goIng across to see re Alice presented et at court and between b iou ou and me Syd I am It If thinks living with me m Is I enough for tor missing a all 11 this on- on trio abroad with alt alty I This is myVa my Va way old man roan of tell teU- tell telling ing hag iou ou that I feel rather sm about the tho th way I ue u ed J iou ou But Dut I II I couldn t help It It rI d S Honest I couldn't I II I wish Ish you would wilts wilt use me m again and tell me mc it if Paula S aas ia about use me m She alwo aiwas II was as II a n nice me girl eirl and andI andI I am glad lad she he Is getting onI on I I JOlIN JOHN I Copyright 1923 1 S 23 NEA mc Ine I TOMORROW TO tolan Prescott I at rites to his hl hi mother lr of his Ills faith In LeslIe lc Ilc I |